KNIGHT: Casting blame at conservatives for Romney's defeat - Washington TimesA

KNIGHT: Casting blame at conservatives for Romney's defeat - Washington Times Like clockwork, traditional-values voters are being blamed for the failure of a moderate GOP presidential candidate. This is the predictable consensus of liberal pundits but also some prominent conservatives. Never mind exit polls showing that conservative evangelical Protestants and devout Catholics combined gave Mitt Romney a higher percentage of their votes than George W. Bush in 2004 or John McCain in 2008. Somehow, it’s their fault that Mr. Romney lost. In The Washington Post’s Sunday Outlook section, consultant Craig Shirley actually argued that because the GOP platform calls for a constitutional marriage amendment, “Obama now apparently holds the more correct conservative position on the marriage issue.” Some of the well-meaning and not-so-well-meaning advisers are using the talking points and incendiary language of the left. Like California federal judge Vaughn Walker, they see only “animus” toward homosexuals as a reason to support marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Religion? History? Social continuity? The well-being of children? Nope. It’s only hatred. Read more: KNIGHT: Casting blame at conservatives for Romney's defeat - Washington Times http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/16/casting-blame-at-conservatives-for-romneys-defeat/#ixzz2CgCVwOZU Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter